Models wages - Page 4

Grouchomarx · ‎01-23-2019

I wonder if they get paid extra when they have to wash their face and apply makeup 1600 times in one day! Or worse, use the microdermabrasion machine 1600 times in one day! LOL I'm just kidding.

BirkiLady · ‎02-22-2015

@KKJ wrote:
@software wrote:
Modeling is definitely for the young. I had to do a professional photo shoot years ago (in my 40s) for my employment. I had 3 clothing changes. Close ups as well as full length. Took about an hour and I was exhausted! Posing, hold the pose when I was barely balanced on the edge of a seat. Stand up, sit down, move here, move there, now don't move. Run, go change clothes, had to get the most bang for my buck, the photographer charges by the hour.

I could not do that for a living. I have no idea what models make but it must be good, so many trying to get in the business.

BTW my pictures were excellent.
Good points you made here. Am sure many of us--myself included--think modeling as such an easy job. You sit there, smile and look pretty. Not as glamorous as we imagine it to be.

Not my idea of an "easy" job. Those women tolerate a lot of nonsense from hosts and vendors. They have to have patience, kindness with ALL personalities, become quick change artists, and smile in adversity! Few of them have the respect they should have from some of the hosts and vendors they must work with on a daily basis.

I doubt it would be enjoyable modeling mass produced clothing. It was fun modeling trunk shows, which were high-end and expensive fashions to interesting women who knew about fashion merchandising and appreciated how fabrics were made, sewn and draped on the female body. Wearing apparel on TV is basic modeling; there is no glamour or learning curve to their position.

Many of them aren't walking, standing or posed correctly most of the time. It's a job at QVC; it is not a modeling career for most of them IMO.

There are a handful of very good ones at QVC; they are requested by some of the true designers. Years ago, QVC always had top models. Like everything else, modeling has become casual at QVC.

Money screams; wealth whispers.

BirkiLady · ‎02-22-2015

@Grouchomarx Oh, I hope so! Often wonder how hard that is on their skin. Thanks for mentioning such an interesting question I'd also asked myself. Also, will that make them age quicker? Hope NOT. They are so young, pretty and innocent looking.

Money screams; wealth whispers.

fitfuninformed · ‎10-06-2010

I don't know how long any of you here have been watching the Q, but I remember reading that the former model Joy actually runs a model agency with I want to say her mother? It is located out in the midwest I think and she left PA to exclusively run the agency sans modeling.

colleena · ‎03-27-2010

@fitfuninformed The name of the agency is Joy Talent Agency & models are pictured/ listed under specfiic categories.

this is my nic · ‎03-30-2010

Since the OP asked a question about the pay rate for the models, not one person in particular, I don't think her question is out of line. Seems if the amounts stated by posters are correct, the Q models do alright. They make more than lots of teachers, police officers, and EMT personnel. It's also a safer way to make a living!

Foolywooly11 · ‎05-08-2016

@BirkiLady : I can relate on many levels! I actually didn't pursue a career in modeling; I guess you could say it found me. I was 19, in my sophomore year of college. My boyfriend, (who later became my husband), didn't understand, but was supportive. At first, he'd even accompany me into NYC so I didn't have to travel alone, but that wasn't practical long term. And he often felt I was putting more into it than getting out of it. And how time consuming it was. Then came marriage, & careers. I stopped modeling in my late 20's, but am grateful for the experience. It was fun & exciting! I met people I would have otherwise never met. I even had the opportunity to do a little (very) acting (that was alot of fun too)!

BirkiLady · ‎02-22-2015

@Foolywooly11 WOW! You have had a true career of modeling . . . and acting. Impressive for a single female. Glad you pursued it and your then-boyfriend supported your ambition and interests. If he hadn't, he might have lost you! Smart guy and very kind male to think of your safety in NYC. You have lived an interesting life and then married such a kind man. Good things happen for a reason.

I've only acted in our Community Theater in college and much later; when our son was a teen. Never was paid, but it was great fun and we made so many wonderful friends. My husband often worked the lighting and my son would help with the sound effects and music. Those were such fun times, but it was so exhausting! Perhaps because Community Theater is on such a tight budget. If volunteers aren't around to help, the cast picks it up and does whatever needs to be done.

Money screams; wealth whispers.